Jeremiah 15:10

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Summary

Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.

My

Jeremiah 20:14

A man

I have

Curse

General references

Exodus 22:25

Jeremiah 20:14

Bible References

My

Cursed is the day in which I was born, The day that my mother bare me, Let it not be blessed!

A man

And I have made thee to this people For a wall -- brazen -- fenced, And they have fought against thee, And they do not prevail against thee, For with thee am I to save thee, And to deliver thee -- an affirmation of Jehovah,

And I, lo, I have given thee this day for a fenced city, and for an iron pillar, and for brazen walls over all the land, to the kings of Judah, to its heads, to its priests, and to the people of the land;

Thou hast persuaded me, O Jehovah, and I am persuaded; Thou hast hardened me, and dost prevail, I have been for a laughter all the day, Every one is mocking at me,

and it cometh to pass at Ahab's seeing Elijah, that Ahab saith unto him, 'Art thou he -- the troubler of Israel?'

And Ahab saith unto Elijah, 'Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?' and he saith, 'I have found -- because of thy selling thyself to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah;

And the king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat, 'Yet -- one man to seek Jehovah by him, and I have hated him, for he doth not prophesy concerning me good, but evil -- Micaiah son of Imlah;' and Jehoshaphat saith, 'Let not the king say so.'

Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.

And thou, son of man, thou art not afraid of them, yea, of their words thou art not afraid, for briers and thorns are with thee, and near scorpions thou art dwelling, of their words thou art not afraid, and of their faces thou art not affrighted, for they are a rebellious house,

but the house of Israel are not willing to hearken unto thee, for they are not willing to hearken unto Me, for all the house of Israel are brazen-faced and strong-hearted.

'And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,

then they shall deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations because of my name;

and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, 'Lo, this one is set for the falling and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against --

and having brought them to the magistrates, they said, 'These men do exceedingly trouble our city, being Jews;

and not having found them, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the city rulers, calling aloud -- 'These, having put the world in commotion, are also here present,

And having gone into the synagogue, he was speaking boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading the things concerning the reign of God,

and we think it good from thee to hear what thou dost think, for, indeed, concerning this sect it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against;'

for I think that God did set forth us the apostles last -- as appointed to death, because a spectacle we became to the world, and messengers, and men;

I have

'If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;

'Thou dost not lend in usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of food, usury of anything which is lent on usury.

And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews,

His silver he hath not given in usury, And a bribe against the innocent Hath not taken; Whoso is doing these is not moved to the age!

Curse

They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth rejoice.

As a bird by wandering, as a swallow by flying, So reviling without cause doth not come.

but I -- I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake --

General references

'If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;

Cursed is the day in which I was born, The day that my mother bare me, Let it not be blessed!